Filing-cabinet for plans



V. GEOFFRION.

FILING CABINET FOR PLANS.

APPLICATION FILED Dc.|.1919.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921;

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FILING-CABINET FOR PLANS.

Application filed December 1, 1919.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

Serial No. 341,730.

(GRANTED UNDER THE rnovrsrons or THE ACT or MARCH 3, 1921, 41 STAT. L., 1313.)

T 0 all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, -Vro'roR GnorrnroN, physician, residing at LAssomption, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in a F fling-Cabinet for Plans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same. j

The present invention relates to a filing cabinet for plans or the like and the main object of this invention is to provide a cabinet which is so constructed that the plans can readily be examined without removing them from the cabinet.

Another object of this invention is to provide a filing cabinet in which the plans are mounted on spring rollers which will automatically roll up the plans when they are released.

A further object is to provide a device of this character that will be practical and .cheap of construction and the general appearance of which will be similar to ordinary filing cabinets having drawers.

Another object is to provide a device of this character in which the plans or the like can be pulled out horizontally.

A better comprehension of the invention will be had from the accompanying drawings forming part of this application in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention, the side door being opened to disclose the inside arrangement of the roller.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the cabinet illustrating the method of securing the removable dividing bars provided between the panels, one of said bars being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 4c is a fragmental view of one of the removable dividing bars, a portion being shown in section to disclose the locking means provided in the ends of said bar.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

In the drawings:

1 is a casing provided with a plurality of horizontal and parallel openings 2, said openings having beveled edges 3. 4 is a door opening at One end of said casing provided with the hinged door 5. Inside said casing in its rear ends are provided a plurality ofsupporting brackets 6 on which are mounted the spring rollers 7 On each of said spring rollers is secured a map, chart or plan 8 which is rolled thereon and is 1 adapted to project through the adjacent opening 2. I

The number of said rollers 7 corresponds to the number of openings 2 in the front of the casing, and each of said rollers is so adjusted on the brackets 6 that the map, chart or plan will project through the adjacent opening 2 practically in'a horizontal line in order that there will be a, uniform and direct pulling action on the said rollers.

The said rollers 7 are preferably spring held on said brackets 6 similarly to window blinds, whereby any roller may be locked in different positions when pulling on the map and may be made to roll in the said map, when the tension is released, unless the roller is locked in position.

On the free end of the plan or map is provided a rectangular panel 9 having beveled edges 10 which are adapted to fit snugly against the beveled edges 3 of the opening 2. It will be understood that the map may be secured to said panel 9 by any suitable means, as long as the free end of the map is secured in the center of said panel, so that the inward pull of the roller 7, on releasing the tension, will be evenly distributed along said panel to properly close the said opening 2.

On the outer face of each panel 9 is secured adjacent each end thereof a hook shaped handle 14; and 15 is a card holder in which may be placed an indexcard.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings the cabinet or casing is illustrated as being supported on a base 16 having legs or uprights 17.

When the opening 2 is not large enough to allow the insertion of the rollers, the dividing bars 20 may be made removable. These bars 20 are provided preferably with a resilient catch or lug 21 at each end which is adapted to register in a corresponding socket 22, provided in the side of the easing 1, as disclosed in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The catch or lug 21 consists of a pin 23 which is slidably mounted in a hole 24, provided in the end of said bar 20 and around which is wound a spiral spring 25, so that said pin will normally be projected outwardly from said hole. There is enough play to allow the said pin 23 to retract when pushed against the sides of the casing, but when it registers with the socket 22, immediately the spring 25 pushes the pin 23 thereinto, thus locking the bar in position. It will readily be understood that any other means of locking the bar 20 may be used Without departing from the present invention.

What I claim as my invention is A filing cabinet for maps and the like, having a plurality of parallel slots formed in its front wall, and division bars between said slots and defining the longitudinal edges thereof; a plurality of spring rollers mounted within the cabinet in parallel relation to one another and to said slots and directly behind the latter; a flexible map attached along its rear edge to each roller and normally rolled up thereon by the action of the roller spring, certain of the division bars being removable from the cabinet wall to permit the insertion of the maps and rollers into the interior of the cabinet, and being provided on their'opposite end faces with spring-actuated fasten- V 

